Honey Bioavailability: Understanding Nutritional Benefits and Therapeutic Potential - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0443341478 ISBN 13: 9780443341472

Publisher: Academic Press, 2026

Synopsis

Honey Bioavailability: Understanding Nutritional Benefits and Therapeutic Potential begins with an overview of sustainable apiculture practices, methods of honey harvesting, and global quality testing. The book also explores how honey as a functional food can optimize health, enhance nutrition, and aid in healing certain diseases. With a special emphasis on medical-grade honey and it pharmacological importance, readers will gain insights into honey’s bioavailability and the benefits of its antimicrobial, antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, anticancer, and antiaging properties. The book also highlights honey’s effectiveness in fighting certain respiratory diseases, viral infections such as Covid-19, diabetes, allergies, skin, periodontal diseases, and more.

• Investigates the efficacy of honey in the management of a wide range of diseases and conditions
• Explains the benefits of honey’s key pleiotropic properties as antimicrobial, antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, anticancer, and more
• Highlights honey as a nutritional supplement to protect against certain metabolic diseases
• Explores methods of sustainable honey production, harvesting, composition, and quality testing

About this title

About the Authors

Rajesh Kumar Jaryal obtained his Masters in Zoology from Jiwaji University, Gwalior (M.P.) India and PhD from the same institution. Dr Kumar started his academic career in 2013. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) India. He has about 12 years of experience in teaching and research. His main research areas are Animal Physiology, Cancer Biology and Natural Products. Currently, he is working on isolating anti-cancer compounds and developing herbal drugs for various cancer types. Dr. Kumar has completed a number of major research projects sponsored by government agencies. Dr. Kumar is member of various prestigious scientific societies and has also served as a reviewer for several journals of national and international repute. Dr. Kumar has published approximately 20 books and 150 research articles in highly reputable journals.

Dr. Younis Ahmad Hajam holds a doctorate in Zoology from Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidayalaya (A Central University), in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. He is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Sciences and Allied Health Sciences, Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Punjab, India. Formerly Dr Younis Ahmad worked as Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Career Point University, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India. He is teaching undergraduate and post graduate and doctorate students. His areas of interests include chronic diseases and their management. He has published 50 research papers in leading national and international journals, 50 book chapters and 10 national proceedings and has published 8 books as an editor in Springer, Apple Academic Press, NOVA Science Publishers, Taylor and Francis. He has received a national award for his contributions in biological science and is an editorial member of various international journals and a member of Asian Council of Science editors.

Shamsher S Kanwar is a Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology and IPR Chair Professor at Panjab University Chandigarh, India. His career includes several notable fellowships: a 1998–99 Indian National Science Academy Fellowship studying tuberculosis epidemiology at CDRI Lucknow; a 1999–2000 SERC fellowship researching multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis strains at the National Institute of Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra; a 2005–06 Biotechnology Overseas Associateship examining HIV-Tat and drug abuse effects on neural cells at Kansas University Medical College, USA; and a 2008 Visiting Scholar role in stem cell research at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Kanwar's research focuses on microbiology, immunology, cell culture, and fermentation, with an emphasis on developing bio-products and bioprocesses, particularly for a range of extracellular microbial enzymes, as an alternative to traditional antibiotics and antilipolytic drugs. Currently, Dr. Kanwar is dedicated to the development of anticancer therapeutics through the exploration of microbial ribonuclease, cholesterol oxidase, and L-methionase.

From the Back Cover

Little is known about honey's pleiotropic properties and medicinal potential. Honey Bioavailability: Understanding Nutritional Benefits and Therapeutic Potential, begins with an overview of sustainable apiculture practices, methods of honey harvesting and quality testing found around the globe, and moves into exploring how honey, as a functional food, can optimize health, enhance nutrition, and aid in healing certain diseases. With a special emphasis on medical-grade and the pharmacological importance of honey, readers of Honey Bioavailability: Understanding Nutritional Benefits and Therapeutic Potential, will gain insight to honey’s bioavailability and the benefits of its antimicrobial, antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, anticancer, and antiaging properties. The book also highlights honey’s effectiveness in fighting certain respiratory diseases, viral infections such as Covid-19, diabetes, allergies, skin, periodontal diseases and more.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0443341478
• ISBN 13: 9780443341472
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Jaryal PhD Rajesh Kumar, Hajam PhD Younis Ahmad, Kanwar PhD Shamsher S.